“Guess who's running for president? Jeb Bush. Jeb was governor of Florida and he speaks fluent Spanish, which raises the question: What language did his brother speak? What was that?” RunningSpeakLanguagePresidentBrotherRaisesGovernorsFloridaFluent Author:David Letterman
“President Obama said that if he could have any superpower, he'd want the ability to speak any language. That's so everyone in the world could tell him he picked one of the lamest possible superpowers.” IfsWorldWantSaidSpeakLanguagePresidentAbilityPresident ObamaSuperpowerAbility To Speak Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Once he became president, George [H.] Bush revealed a vein of Styrofoam and no matter how deep he tried to go, he always ended up bobbing on the surface. His inaugural speech was like being present at the death of language.” MatterLanguagePresidentSpeechSurfaceVeinsInauguralInaugural SpeechStyrofoam Author:Kate Clinton
“[When her daughter suggested the President refer in his conversation with foreign dignitaries about lawn care to 'fertilizer' instead of to 'manure':] But remember, it took me almost thirty years to get him to call it manure.” YearsCareRememberLanguagePresidentConversationSpeechDaughterThirtyThirty YearsLawnsManureFertilizer Author:Bess Truman